Places of Worship serving the African Diaspora
St. Justin Church
230 Blue Hills Avenue
Hartford, CT 06112
Phone: 860-246-6897
Pastor: Fr. Emmanuel Ihemedu
Web address:
www.stjustinstmichael.org

St. Michael Church
7 Clark Street
Hartford, CT 06120
Phone: 860-522-6184
Pastor: Fr. Emmanuel Ihemedu
Web address:
www.stjustinstmichael.org

Greater New Haven Area
Greater Hartford Area
St. Martin de Porres Church
136 Dixwell Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203-624-9944
Pastor: Fr. Joseph Elko
St. Mary Church
15 Maplewood Avenue
East Hartford, CT 06108
Phone: 860-289-7916
The Ghanaian Catholic Community
Pastor: Rev. John Kyere
Phone: 860-290-1880


Although several other churches in the archdiocese serve a number of people of color, these churches listed on the website offer traditional Afro-Centric/West Indian Liturgy, complete with Gospel Music, Caribbean Mass parts and Afro/Caribbean instruments.
Ghanaian Cardinal Turkson on a visit to the Ghanaian Catholic Community at St. Mary Church in East Hartford, 2005

Photo by Kay Taylor-Brooks